Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 128, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1998, 7:38 PM CDT for Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1998, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1998, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Linden, TN | Local law enforcement reported tree limbs down over powerlines. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
674 WFUS1 KBNA 280039 RRA TORBNA TNC135-280140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 738 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE * UNTIL 840 PM CDT * AT 737 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTH OF DECATURVILLE OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUSETAIL STATE PARK MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MOUSETAIL STATE PARK AT 750 PM CDT POPE AT 800 PM CDT PERRY COUNTY AIRPORT AT 810 PM CDT LINDEN AT 810 PM CDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BEWARE THE THREAT OF RISING WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Decatur | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Decatur, Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 2 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.